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Published
December 16, 2015

Maine Voices: Holiday preparations should include fire safety precautions

Fire risk goes up in winter, so take heed of fire prevention tips.
Published
December 16, 2015

Commentary: Trump is the lone hope for foundering blue-collar white men

Republicans help the wealthy and Democrats don't need their votes, so voters look to The Donald.
Published
December 16, 2015

Commentary: Assault weapons ban is easily skirted and doesn’t lessen gun violence

Laws banning weapons have wiggle room that gun makers exploit, and criminals can simply switch to other weapons.
Published
December 15, 2015

Maine Voices: Thoughtful redevelopment of Portland Co. complex can preserve vital past

Public access to the waterfront and adaptive reuse of historic structures are not mutually exclusive.
Published
December 15, 2015

Kathleen Parker: A woman’s place can be anywhere except in a combat situation

Does putting women in combat improve military effectiveness? If not, then it's a mistake.

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Published
December 15, 2015

Charles Lawton: To speed up slow recovery, Maine must nurture new businesses

Job gains show existing businesses expanded, but the missing link is enough new firms to boost jobs.
Published
December 14, 2015

Maine Voices: Responses to salmonella outbreak lead to new U.S. food safety measure

After illnesses in Maine in 2011, our lawmakers pushed for better recordkeeping on ground beef sources.
Published
December 13, 2015

Maine Observer: Age drops curtain on future, spotlights the moment

Being 'almost 80' means confronting myriad limitations. But amazingly, the capacity to enjoy each day remains strong.
Published
December 13, 2015

Cynthia Dill: In a complicated time, LePage and Trump feed need for simplicity

The yin of the information age helps explain the yang of guys like Gov. Paul LePage and Donald Trump. Both men feed the politics of resentment in simple terms to a frazzled world running on emotion instead of intellect. They offer red meat to people hungry for simpler times, when life was easier to control […]
Published
December 13, 2015

Maine Voices: We don’t need ranked-choice voting

For good reason, it is rarely used in the U.S., while a runoff is a better method to obtain a majority-vote result.